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		hackernewds on April 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the brain’s connections to the body are crissc... but the flip is a vertical flip due to the nature of lenses? im having a really tough time interpreting the diagram too. I appreciate you trying to share your understanding though.

omnicognate on April 23, 2023 [–]

The flip is both vertical and horizontal. Imagine all the rays converging at the focal point and carrying on. Each ray ends up on the opposite side of the centre of the image. Up->down, left->right, etc.

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